Men’s Group at Cairngorm Christian Centre

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 | Tags: , ,

A group of 26 men enjoyed a brilliant weekend together at the Cairngorm Christian Centre, Kinccraig, near Aviemore, over the weekend of 9-11th March 2012. With the youngest being 15 and the oldest, 78, it really was a diverse group and yet everyone joined in and the fellowship enjoyed was fantastic. The teaching and learning sessions were led by Tim Mineard, Jim McLeod and Lawrence Davie and the worship, by David Tarrant McColgan, Michael Marr, Scott Anderson and Ian Martin. All of them, without exception, did brilliantly well. Meanwhile, others of the group gave many hours in the kitchen, preparing the food and clearing up afterwards. The sessions were all based on John’s Gospel and in particular, the seven sayings of Jesus which begin with, ‘I am…’ Thereafter, through teaching and group discussion, the men considered how to take these sayings and make them applications for life to be put into practice.

In terms of social activities, Saturday afternoon saw the men heading in various directions – some to ‘Tree Zone,’ a high-wire ropes course running through the
treetops of the ancient Scots Pine, Rothiemurchus Forest, others to watch Kingussie, the local premier league shinty team, some to the Highland Wildlife Park and others still for a gentle walk along the banks of the River Spey. Following that, everyone gathered to watch Scotland play Ireland in their Six-Nations rugby match. Only Tommy Reynolds was left with a smile on his face after that! But over and above those organised activities, the weekend was principally about men
sharing time together in a wonderfully relaxed environment. It was great to see new friendships developing and existing ones strengthened.

The Centre has been booked for the same weekend next year and a deposit has been paid. Names can be given to Jim McLeod at any time. With numbers attending
the Men’s Retreat increasing every year, we are hopeful that we will be putting the ‘waiting list’ sign up for next year.

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